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thogaa · 19 Dec 2007, 04:03 am

Update:

I spoke to the chairman of the Danish Kolding Volvo Club and he knew the owner and the story behind the picture:

A few years back it was common to have your car given a free service check at the local Mechanics School so the apprentices had something to practice their skills on and saw different cars. The owner paid for spend materials and no labour costs.

Some student was lowering the lift while talking to someone else and didn't notice the telescoping transmission jack was still under the car and he first realized when the car came down this way. Somehow I doubt if he graduated

The School’s insurance had to pay for a rebuild because the car was irreplaceable.

The bill was at the time almost DKK 90.000 app £8.500 or in US $17.500

This and a couple of other incidents banned the Schools using private owned cars for training.

19 Dec 2007, 04:03 am	#10 (permalink)
thogaa Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,891 thogaa's Gallery	Re: Volvo Tragedy - He spend 9 years restoring it Update: I spoke to the chairman of the Danish Kolding Volvo Club and he knew the owner and the story behind the picture: A few years back it was common to have your car given a free service check at the local Mechanics School so the apprentices had something to practice their skills on and saw different cars. The owner paid for spend materials and no labour costs. Some student was lowering the lift while talking to someone else and didn't notice the telescoping transmission jack was still under the car and he first realized when the car came down this way. Somehow I doubt if he graduated The School’s insurance had to pay for a rebuild because the car was irreplaceable. The bill was at the time almost DKK 90.000 app £8.500 or in US $17.500 This and a couple of other incidents banned the Schools using private owned cars for training. __________________ "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." 2008 Volkswagen Touran TDI 1986 Volvo 240 4700BHP The toys: 1956 BMW R26 Nazi edition 1939 BMW R35 350cc 1971 BMW R75/5 Cafeish racer 1976 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404 S 1966 Velosolex 3800S 1957 VW Beetle oval window "If you can't take a joke don't drive one" Last edited by thogaa; 19 Dec 2007 at 04:24 am.